Progress M1-8, identified by

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as Progress 7P, was a

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spacecraft used to resupply the

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. It was a

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11F615A55 spacecraft, with the

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257.

Launch

Progress M1-8 was launched by a

Soyuz-U Soyuz-U ( GRAU index: 11A511U) was a Soviet and later Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress factory in Samara, Russia. The ''U'' designation stands for ''unified' ...

carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the

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. Launch occurred at 20:13:39 UTC on 21 March 2002.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the '' Zvezda'' module at 20:57:56 UTC on 24 March 2002. It remained docked for 93 days before undocking at 08:26:30 UTC on 25 June 2002 to make way for Progress M-46. It was deorbited at 11:35:00 UTC on the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the

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, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 12:26:52 UTC. Progress M1-8 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

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Launch

Docking

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